{"id":948,"date":"2022-06-21T23:12:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T23:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlcac.org\/?page_id=948"},"modified":"2022-06-22T02:38:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T02:38:29","slug":"our-past","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wlcac.org\/es\/about-us\/our-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuestro pasado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MISI\u00d3N: La misi\u00f3n de WLCAC es mejorar la calidad de vida de los residentes de Watts y las comunidades vecinas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-custom-wlcac-green-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-custom-wlcac-green-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-custom-wlcac-green-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nuestro Fundador<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" data-aos=\"fade\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/wlcac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ted-watkins-sr.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-941\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong><em>\u201cNo te muevas\u2026 mejora\u201d \u2013 Ted Watkins 1922-1993<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ted Watkins, Sr.<\/strong>. nacido en Mississippi en la d\u00e9cada de 1920, se mud\u00f3 a California a la edad de 13 a\u00f1os por su cuenta. Se instal\u00f3 en Watts, se cas\u00f3 y cri\u00f3 a seis hijos, Tamlin, Theodore Jr., Teryl, Lyssa, Timothy y Tom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como miembro desde hace mucho tiempo del Sindicato Unido de Trabajadores del Autom\u00f3vil, frente a las injusticias aparentemente insuperables de la discriminaci\u00f3n laboral contra los miembros de la comunidad de Watts, organiz\u00f3 y fund\u00f3 el Comit\u00e9 de Acci\u00f3n de la Comunidad Laboral de Watts (WLCAC) en 1965, solo unos meses antes de la rebeli\u00f3n de Watts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9l construy\u00f3 WLCAC para mejorar la calidad de vida en Watts: y eso es lo que ha hecho desde entonces. Despu\u00e9s de los disturbios, Ted organiz\u00f3 a los j\u00f3venes de Watts para limpiar lotes bald\u00edos arruinados, plantar c\u00e9sped y flores y convertirlos en parques de bolsillo, uno de los cuales permanece erigido a su nombre hasta el d\u00eda de hoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Trajo servicios m\u00e9dicos a Watts en su trabajo para construir el Centro M\u00e9dico Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proporcion\u00f3 la construcci\u00f3n de viviendas en m\u00e1s de diez complejos de apartamentos diferentes en Watts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" data-aos=\"fade\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"284\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/wlcac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ted-watkins-sr-center-web.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1001\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Form\u00f3 parte de docenas de iniciativas que ayudaron a traer transporte p\u00fablico, una autopista, miles de empleos y algunos de los primeros programas del pa\u00eds que atienden a nuestros ancianos en sus hogares cuando no tienen seres queridos que los cuiden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1980, a Ted le preocupaba que la comunidad se quedara sin recursos nuevamente y que se produjera otra rebeli\u00f3n: en 1992 sucedi\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pesar de que el WLCAC fue atacado y quemado hasta los cimientos, destruyendo m\u00e1s de veinte a\u00f1os de trabajo, Ted dirigi\u00f3 la reconstrucci\u00f3n del WLCAC, supervisando la reconstrucci\u00f3n del primer edificio en Watts que se levant\u00f3 nuevamente, solo un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de la rebeli\u00f3n del &#039;92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted falleci\u00f3 menos de un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s, habiendo sentado las bases inquebrantables para la estabilizaci\u00f3n de Watts y habiendo creado un legado que perdura en WLCAC, su familia y en toda la comunidad de Watts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vea &quot;Un hombre pr\u00e1ctico&quot;, un documental de 15 minutos sobre el liderazgo de Ted Watkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"un hombre practico\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDmYEVxb4wI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-custom-wlcac-green-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-custom-wlcac-green-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISSION: The WLCAC mission is to improve the quality of life for the residents of Watts and neighboring communities. 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